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hang loose,, the whole neck being neat, round, clean made, 

 and elegantly carried. A long neck, as well as a long head, 

 is necessary to enable the dog to pick up, carry, or bear 

 the hare without stopping, which he will do throwing his 

 head up with the hare in his mouth ; but a dog with 

 a short neck would have to stoop so in catching his hare, 

 that there would be a very great chance of his coming a 

 "cropper," the force at which he was going throwing him 

 heels over head. 



Continuing from the neck we have the broad, square, 

 beam-like back, of good length and great strength; with- 

 out this the dog could not endure the exhaustive process 

 of the " pumpers" he is submitted to. The chest, too, 

 must be deep, and fairly wide. Arrian says : " Broad chests 

 are better than narrow; shoulders wide apart, not tied 

 together, but as loose and free as possible; legs round, 

 straight, and well-jointed; sides strong; loins broad, firm, 

 not fleshy, but sinewy ; upper flanks loose and supple ; 

 hips wide asunder ; lower flanks hollow ; tail long, fine, 

 and supple ; haunches sweeping, and fine to the touch." 

 In respect to the chest, it is needless to say how all- 

 important it is that it should be capacious; but we must 

 get capacity from the depth and squareness, not from the 

 bulged-out, barrel form, which would produce slow move- 

 ment and a heavy-fronted dog that would soon tire. 

 Take Markham's description in " The Country Farm " : 

 "A long, broad, and square beam back, with high, 

 round fillets; he must be deep, swine-sided, with hollow 

 bended ribs and a full brest." 



" The Mayster of Game " gives an excellent description : 

 " Her shuldres as a roebuck ; the for leggs streght and 



